UNDRIP Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/undrip/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:04:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg UNDRIP Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/undrip/ 32 32 170042892 Communion leaders call on Canadian company to end Namibian oil drilling project https://anglicanjournal.com/communion-leaders-call-on-canadian-company-to-end-namibian-oil-drilling-project/ https://anglicanjournal.com/communion-leaders-call-on-canadian-company-to-end-namibian-oil-drilling-project/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:01:21 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167720 Anglican leaders in Canada have joined bishops across the Anglican Communion in calling for a Canadian company to halt oil drilling in the Kavango Basin—an ecologically sensitive protected area in Namibia. Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald both signed a petition calling for an immediate […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/communion-leaders-call-on-canadian-company-to-end-namibian-oil-drilling-project/feed/ 3 167720 Aotearoa Histories https://anglicanjournal.com/aotearoa-histories/ https://anglicanjournal.com/aotearoa-histories/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 04:01:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167732 Decolonizing and reindigenizing church and society in New Zealand Acting editor’s note: June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Recognizing that colonization has affected not just this land and its Indigenous peoples but many across the world, the Anglican Journal invited Māori priest and historian Hirini Kaa to share an update and some reflections […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/aotearoa-histories/feed/ 0 167732 Five years after the TRC report, reflections on reconciliation https://anglicanjournal.com/five-years-after-the-trc-report-reflections-on-reconciliation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/five-years-after-the-trc-report-reflections-on-reconciliation/#respond Wed, 05 May 2021 04:01:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167585 ‘Every step … uncovers something else to do’ Five years after Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report and 94 Calls to Action as a response to the legacy of Canada’s Residential School system, the Anglican Church of Canada’s national Indigenous archbishop and reconciliation animator say progress on reconciliation has been mixed. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/five-years-after-the-trc-report-reflections-on-reconciliation/feed/ 0 167585 April issue shares stories of resurrection, hope for the future https://anglicanjournal.com/april-issue-shares-stories-of-resurrection-hope-for-the-future/ https://anglicanjournal.com/april-issue-shares-stories-of-resurrection-hope-for-the-future/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:00:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167525 April 2021 marks the second Easter celebrated during the COVID-19 pandemic, after a year of widespread lockdowns, social distancing and online church services. This month’s issue of the Anglican Journal features stories that speak to both the pain of the ongoing pandemic and the hope and joy of the resurrection. Life goes on, even during […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/april-issue-shares-stories-of-resurrection-hope-for-the-future/feed/ 0 167525 ‘Canada needs healing’: Bishop Isaiah Beardy on Bill C-15 and UNDRIP https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-needs-healing-bishop-isaiah-beardy-on-bill-c-15-and-undrip/ https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-needs-healing-bishop-isaiah-beardy-on-bill-c-15-and-undrip/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:59:41 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167208 In December 2020, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti introduced Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which, if passed, will require the government of Canada to align the country’s laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-needs-healing-bishop-isaiah-beardy-on-bill-c-15-and-undrip/feed/ 0 167208 Why I stand with the five traditional leaders of Wet’suwet’en—especially now https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-stand-with-the-five-traditional-leaders-of-wetsuweten-especially-now/ https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-stand-with-the-five-traditional-leaders-of-wetsuweten-especially-now/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:09:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162969 As I write this, the Ontario Provincial Police are acting to clear the Mohawk action of solidarity with the five Wet’suwet’en traditional leaders, the hereditary chiefs, on the rail lines of Tyendinaga. I view this act of the Ontario and Canadian Government with great sadness, as it represents a victory for deeply embedded prejudice and […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-stand-with-the-five-traditional-leaders-of-wetsuweten-especially-now/feed/ 11 162969 Why Indigenous Authority is Important to You https://anglicanjournal.com/why-indigenous-authority-is-important-to-you/ https://anglicanjournal.com/why-indigenous-authority-is-important-to-you/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:10:07 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162845 Imagine the Canadian outrage. What if one country, with massive economic control and a police force, invaded a land, installed its own government, and then arrested the representatives of the true government when they protested the plans of the country that colonized them. Imagine the Canadian outrage. Why, then, is there no outrage when Canada does […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/on-the-marriage-canon/feed/ 11 159578 Advocates continue to push for Indigenous rights bill as deadline looms https://anglicanjournal.com/advocates-continue-to-push-for-indigenous-rights-bill-as-deadline-looms/ https://anglicanjournal.com/advocates-continue-to-push-for-indigenous-rights-bill-as-deadline-looms/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:00:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=159717 A bill which would harmonize Canadian law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) would need to restart its life in the House of Commons—after the federal election—if not passed by the senate before June 21, advocates say. KAIROS Canada, an ecumenical justice organization of which the Anglican Church of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/advocates-continue-to-push-for-indigenous-rights-bill-as-deadline-looms/feed/ 0 159717 Anglicans stand against Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion as project hits roadblocks https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-stand-against-kinder-morgan-pipeline-expansion-as-project-hits-roadblocks/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-stand-against-kinder-morgan-pipeline-expansion-as-project-hits-roadblocks/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:50:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=155147 Local Anglican clergy and lay people and the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop are among those who have joined protests and actions against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in British Columbia, which recently halted “non-essential” spending amid opposition from various quarters, including the provincial government. Texas-based oil and gas giant Kinder Morgan announced […]

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